actually... real world experience would have required the grandparent poster to have actually BEEN a gay man, a straight man, a gay woman and a straight woman on their respective wedding days.
and that would still be a small sample size.
heres a clue for the grandparent... not even all straight men are the same... no two people regardless of sexual orientation are the same...
actually... if you were fired for any of those reasons and you could prove it you would certainly have ground for a wrongful termination suit against your former employees.
while you are right about the federal constitution I do not believe that state constitutions have as much strength.
For instance, if a state constitution had a clause that was in complete conflict with the federal constitution (IE nobody has any free speech at all... or no freedom from search and seizure) I think the Federal constitution would trump the state constitution and that would ultimately be decided in federal courts.
I dont believe this has happened in the past however... any example of it would have to be rather unusual.
as far as I am concerned wrong is wrong... even if the supermajority disagrees.
What if Utah passed a state constitutional amendment that let the authorities run roughshod over your rights... tap your phones, put cameras in your house, break in at any time to search and seize your property.
that would be unconstitutional and I would expect the federal courts to overturn the beliefs of the supermajority in Utah.
this is also a very good point... Windows is the worst for this but most applications could get by with far fewer dialogs if they were used more appropriately.
then try a closed trial... put the transcripts in the public eye once your jury has been chosen and can be shown to be reasonably un-biased.
this is just stupid. Here in america we have enough trouble keeping sealed grand jury testimony a secret... take a look at the BALCO investigation and the shit-storm it has generated with the baseball/steroid thing... and thats not even important stuff.
this info needs to be public... if you want it to stay out of the public eye to allow for unbiased jury selection then you must do more to keep it public than tell everyone who comes to the public trial not to talk about it.
Im not sure this is analogous to Broadcasting since public airwaves are not in use... and although a large publishing operation is public a small stereotypical poorly xeroxed socialist news letter could be distributed with a reasonable degree of anonymity.
Im not entirely sure how I feel about this yet... but it does seem like having an outlet with anonymity might be a good thing.
that would cost the companies more money... they would have to acquire more real-estate to house the employees (in new york no less)
better to re-incorporate in Delaware and move the corporate headquarters there (ie a PO box). Save you money on taxes, keep your telecommuting employees happy and your overhead low.
quote: Are you HONESTLY going to tell me that this machine is going to perform worse than a $500 spec mini if you throw a $50 Radeon in it?
no... but I will tell you that that computer with any card put in it is not going to be a great gaming rig. Sure, adding the Radeon to that box will get its video performance up to snuff with the mini... whats your point? why didnt it come with one in the first place?
My original comment was in reponce to someone saying that touting the radeon in the mini is a bad idea because its not a very good card... I simply pointed out that it is superior to the video hardware that comes standard in a low end PC.
For the record, your the one that brough up 3d games (like anyone on a mini or a low end PC is concerned with playing high end games)
The mini has the right video hardware for its price point... it is not underpowered when it comes to the video needs of its target users. Get over it.
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whats your point? that the mac mini isnt upgradable but these cut rate PCs are?
they have the same target market... the low end. sure, you can put a bad ass card in that cut rate PC and you will have a cut rate PC with a bad ass video card... still not a good gaming PC for a variety of reasons. yes... you could keep upgrading it but by the time you are done it wont look very much like the computer you started with.
the mac mini trumps similar PCs with its video hardware and that is all there is to it. Its not fair to compare the mini to computers that are in a totally different class. The mini is not meant to be a gaming powerhouse but it does have pretty darn good video hardware.
I didnt mean to imply that the harley was the only V-twin out there... I have ridden others and the all share many of the same features.
and although I am a V-twin guy, I loved the blackbird when I rode it... stability, comfort, power... very easy to handle for a bike that size.
I think you would be surprised though, at the state of the modern 88 ci engine from harley... they are quite nice, and while not set up for maximum speed like a racing bike with a V-twin (ducati) they are quite plesant to ride and very easy to work on.
Also, the V-rod power-plant is a harley engine... it is derived from their super-bike engine and it is the first water-cooled engine Harley has put into production... totally different from anything they had done before. Porsche came into the picture because harley needed their expertise in brining their track technology into a production format... something Porsche is very good at.
first off... if you cant hear a harley or some guys mustang next to you in your car, SUV or not, you should get your ears checked.
Second the reason it is different on a motorcycle is because the rider almost never comes away from an accident unharmed. in a car you probably wouldnt go out of your way to reduce the chances of an accident by 1% but on a motorcycle, you would.
they get the power from less displacement by using more complicated engines... overhead chain driven cams as opposed to push rods let you punch the RPMs up far higher and produce more power.
check out the V-rod and you will find that it is much more similar to to a sport bike in terms of the engine.
the real beauty of the harley is that it is a V-twin. it has a lot of torque as a result... 4 cylinder bikes just dont have that, they feel different and they ride different... sure, if you push them up to a very high RPM they will go very very fast, but give me a V-tiwn any day, cruiser or sport bike.
you do realize that pedestrians not hearing an electric car coming is a real problem right? you do realize that silent cars would end up killing plenty of pedestrians if they were common right?
despite what you may think, straight pipes are not legal on motorcycles any more than they are on cars. the riders manage to get away with it in much the same way that you would with your after-market exhaust. they go to sketchy inspection stations.
and for your information "loud" pipes != straight pipes. I have aftermarket tips on my harley and its not breaking any windows or setting off any alarms... sure, its a little louder than the anemic harley exhaust (youve probably never heard a stock harley... exhaust is almost always the first thing replaced) but it isnt waking any more people up than my neighbors mustang.
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actually... real world experience would have required the grandparent poster to have actually BEEN a gay man, a straight man, a gay woman and a straight woman on their respective wedding days.
and that would still be a small sample size.
heres a clue for the grandparent... not even all straight men are the same... no two people regardless of sexual orientation are the same...
actually... if you were fired for any of those reasons and you could prove it you would certainly have ground for a wrongful termination suit against your former employees.
Yea... the never of these activist judges... thinking they have the right to CHECK or BALANCE the power of congressional legislation.
The NERVE of them... its like they think they have some kind of right to do it!
while you are right about the federal constitution I do not believe that state constitutions have as much strength.
For instance, if a state constitution had a clause that was in complete conflict with the federal constitution (IE nobody has any free speech at all... or no freedom from search and seizure) I think the Federal constitution would trump the state constitution and that would ultimately be decided in federal courts.
I dont believe this has happened in the past however... any example of it would have to be rather unusual.
I dont have a problem with that...
as far as I am concerned wrong is wrong... even if the supermajority disagrees.
What if Utah passed a state constitutional amendment that let the authorities run roughshod over your rights... tap your phones, put cameras in your house, break in at any time to search and seize your property.
that would be unconstitutional and I would expect the federal courts to overturn the beliefs of the supermajority in Utah.
this is also a very good point... Windows is the worst for this but most applications could get by with far fewer dialogs if they were used more appropriately.
then try a closed trial... put the transcripts in the public eye once your jury has been chosen and can be shown to be reasonably un-biased.
this is just stupid. Here in america we have enough trouble keeping sealed grand jury testimony a secret... take a look at the BALCO investigation and the shit-storm it has generated with the baseball/steroid thing... and thats not even important stuff.
this info needs to be public... if you want it to stay out of the public eye to allow for unbiased jury selection then you must do more to keep it public than tell everyone who comes to the public trial not to talk about it.
Im not sure this is analogous to Broadcasting since public airwaves are not in use... and although a large publishing operation is public a small stereotypical poorly xeroxed socialist news letter could be distributed with a reasonable degree of anonymity.
Im not entirely sure how I feel about this yet... but it does seem like having an outlet with anonymity might be a good thing.
that would cost the companies more money... they would have to acquire more real-estate to house the employees (in new york no less)
better to re-incorporate in Delaware and move the corporate headquarters there (ie a PO box). Save you money on taxes, keep your telecommuting employees happy and your overhead low.
many companies do this just for the tax benefit.
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Are you HONESTLY going to tell me that this machine is going to perform worse than a $500 spec mini if you throw a $50 Radeon in it?
no... but I will tell you that that computer with any card put in it is not going to be a great gaming rig. Sure, adding the Radeon to that box will get its video performance up to snuff with the mini... whats your point? why didnt it come with one in the first place?
My original comment was in reponce to someone saying that touting the radeon in the mini is a bad idea because its not a very good card... I simply pointed out that it is superior to the video hardware that comes standard in a low end PC.
For the record, your the one that brough up 3d games (like anyone on a mini or a low end PC is concerned with playing high end games)
The mini has the right video hardware for its price point... it is not underpowered when it comes to the video needs of its target users. Get over it.
whats your point? that the mac mini isnt upgradable but these cut rate PCs are?
they have the same target market... the low end. sure, you can put a bad ass card in that cut rate PC and you will have a cut rate PC with a bad ass video card... still not a good gaming PC for a variety of reasons. yes... you could keep upgrading it but by the time you are done it wont look very much like the computer you started with.
the mac mini trumps similar PCs with its video hardware and that is all there is to it. Its not fair to compare the mini to computers that are in a totally different class. The mini is not meant to be a gaming powerhouse but it does have pretty darn good video hardware.
you simply cant say that about cut rate PCs
have you ever looked at the video systems that come in these cut rate PCs?
the Radeon does look good by comparison.
very few super-cheep PCs even have dedicated video ram.
sure its not the ultimate top of the line, but we arent talking about a top of the line computer.
those blintzes were terrible!
I didnt mean to imply that the harley was the only V-twin out there... I have ridden others and the all share many of the same features.
and although I am a V-twin guy, I loved the blackbird when I rode it... stability, comfort, power... very easy to handle for a bike that size.
I think you would be surprised though, at the state of the modern 88 ci engine from harley... they are quite nice, and while not set up for maximum speed like a racing bike with a V-twin (ducati) they are quite plesant to ride and very easy to work on.
Also, the V-rod power-plant is a harley engine... it is derived from their super-bike engine and it is the first water-cooled engine Harley has put into production... totally different from anything they had done before. Porsche came into the picture because harley needed their expertise in brining their track technology into a production format... something Porsche is very good at.
your right about the original poster though...
which was the style at the time.....
Now THAT is a simpsons reference!
I tip my hat to you sir... your art belongs in a museum not on this seedy web page.
but I'll bet you dollars to donuts that they're only white so Vader stood out on film.
is dollars to donuts really such a great bet nowadays?
see... now thats a funny comment.
unfortunately EA lost the MLB license starting next year... I believe it was take two that has the license now.
there was an article on slashdot about it I think.
He was good, all right, but he's no Clem Johnson. And Johnson played back in the days before steroid injections were mandatory!
first off... if you cant hear a harley or some guys mustang next to you in your car, SUV or not, you should get your ears checked.
Second the reason it is different on a motorcycle is because the rider almost never comes away from an accident unharmed. in a car you probably wouldnt go out of your way to reduce the chances of an accident by 1% but on a motorcycle, you would.
they get the power from less displacement by using more complicated engines... overhead chain driven cams as opposed to push rods let you punch the RPMs up far higher and produce more power.
check out the V-rod and you will find that it is much more similar to to a sport bike in terms of the engine.
the real beauty of the harley is that it is a V-twin. it has a lot of torque as a result... 4 cylinder bikes just dont have that, they feel different and they ride different... sure, if you push them up to a very high RPM they will go very very fast, but give me a V-tiwn any day, cruiser or sport bike.
thats almost unbelievable... my harley gets far better milage than either of those bikes... you may need a tune-up.
you do realize that pedestrians not hearing an electric car coming is a real problem right? you do realize that silent cars would end up killing plenty of pedestrians if they were common right?
a load? please.
despite what you may think, straight pipes are not legal on motorcycles any more than they are on cars. the riders manage to get away with it in much the same way that you would with your after-market exhaust. they go to sketchy inspection stations.
and for your information "loud" pipes != straight pipes. I have aftermarket tips on my harley and its not breaking any windows or setting off any alarms... sure, its a little louder than the anemic harley exhaust (youve probably never heard a stock harley... exhaust is almost always the first thing replaced) but it isnt waking any more people up than my neighbors mustang.
relatively speaking... the civic is huge. not only that, but the SUV driver is expecting and used to dealing with cars.
trust me... it makes a big difference.